Reflector button mount



March 1-, 1938. H. R.

REFLECTOR BUTTON MOUNT JOHNSON Filed May 21, l936 Attorneys atented Mar.1,

UNITED STATES 2,109,824 p REFLECTOR urrow mom I Harry lit. Johnson;Baltimore, @lliio 4 Application May 21, 1936, Serial-No. $1,103- 1 1claim. '(ci. cs-tz)" This invention appertains to new and usefulimprovements in means for mounting reflector buttons such as are worn bymotorcyclists on their belts.

The principal object of the present invention" is to provide a reflectorbutton mount which will yield the greatest amount of reflection and beexceedingly attractive when worn.

During the course of the following specification, other importantobjects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to thereader.

In the drawing:

Figure '1 represents a fragmentary front elevational view of adisk-shaped button carrier with buttons installed thereon;

15 Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the construction shownin Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevational which at its inner end isprovided with a lateral 30 flange 9 adapted to be overlapped by thefront wall 6 at the edge portions of the opening through which the saidcup members 8 extend. These flanges 9' rest against the back wall 5 andthe glass reflecting buttons ID are located in the cup 35 members 8 andare provided with reduced beadlike extensions .ll protruding throughopenings in the front ends of thel fiups, t ts-"s own,

Figure 2. a

2 The beltconstruction shown s are a on.- sists of the back wall 52 andthe front wall [3.

with the longitudinal edge portion of jtheback wall 92 disposed over andsecured to the front side of the front wall i3, as shown inFigureQ.

Interposed between these walls 'l2-l3 is the belt strip M against whichthe flanged end portions 9- of the cup-shaped structures 8 abut. Thesecup-shaped structures 89 protrude through openings in the front wall 03and each has an opening at its forward end through which the buttonlikeextension H of the encompassed last button" Hi protrudes. 1 i 1 Whilethe foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms,it is to be, understood that numerous changes in the shape, size, andmaterials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed;

as new is:

A reflecting button mount comprising a back 'wall, a front wall, one ofsaid walls being lapped over the edge portion of the other wall forholding said walls in definite spaced relation, said front wall havingan opening therein, a tapered cup-shaped structure having aflange at itslarge end, said flange being interposed between the front wall and therear wall with the cup-shaped structure protruding through the openingin the front wall, a reflecting button mounted in the said cup-likestructure, and a resilient strip snugly interposed between the saidflange and the back wall.

- HARRY R; JOHNSON.

